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• Re: Halogen Back-up bulb
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Mon, 28 Jun 1999 14:12:39 -0400
  ...fore & aft & thru where ever, no relays are needed, no extra switches to mount somewhere on my dash. I'm using the wires there...
• Re: 84 westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 2 Mar 2013 21:39:13 -0800
  ...that's what I'm gathering , that all cars are not built with non-repeating igntion switches .. never noticed it beforeespeically. thanks. S. On...
• Re: Vanagon syndrome...it sucks!
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Mon, 21 Mar 2016 16:33:25 -0700
  ...vans are running with non-working or not-adjusted-right throttle > switches and they don't have intermittant loss of power. > of course it...
• Water tank level sensor problems
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 17:05:33 EDT
  ...There are magnetically-activated switches in the rod at the top and bottom of the float travel, and the rod can thus produce three...
• Re: Power Door Lock Consternation
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 1 Jul 2006 13:06:17 -0700
  ...One servo sends a power signal to the others and their motors run until the switches inside touch another set of contacts. Then when...
• Re: Warning light
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 5 Nov 2014 09:11:13 -0600
  ...The switches use the different logic to provide a > > fail-safe. Defeating the .9bar switch will require connecting the signal > > wire to a chassis...
• Re: "Troll" posting: Rescue Tape still in place...
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:29:38 -0500
  ...All > without fussing around with milli-volts and resistors and micro-switches to > make that 'low coolant level' warning light work without properly without...
• Re: I guess if I'm putting on a tencentlife oil cooler . . .
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:12:53 -0700
  ...inch long spark jumping to the connector for the oil pressure switches . Hmmm..that's weird. Wonder if that hurt the oil pressure cirucit...
• Re: Tune Up Poll
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 20 Feb 2016 21:21:03 -0500
  ...s NOT the parts ! ..it's the adjustments." > > for sure ...throttle switches fail to make contact after a while. > Most that I have seen...
• Re: The Squirrels are back!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 10 Jun 2006 22:51:00 -0500
  ...dozes with trickle chargers keeping its batteries alive while our > attention switches to other things. In fall and spring, I are a > stoodent at...
• Re: Engine Interrupted. Any Ideas, Please?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:42:17 -0700
  ...car that has > points for igntion -converting to electronic igntion. > > Igntion switches of vanagons are always suspect- an underbuilt part that > gets many years...
• Re: Connector contact intermittant--Digitool to the rescue
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 09:38:46 -0700
  ...Coils, AFM, throttle > switches, others. > > One PREVENTATIVE measure is to clean connector contacts by > 1)pushing connector on and off or > 2)clean contact...
• Re: Lets rip out the Air conditioner - 89 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sun, 25 Jun 2000 17:07:50 +0200
  ...If it did, it would overheat the engine > > I got some switches smokin' before I ripped it out. > > > C. It takes up so much...
• Re: Cleaning contacts/Oil light buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Mc Blain
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:25:41 -0700
  ...more sealed up? The two wire connector for the oil pressure switches was in poor condition, cleaned it up some, but really want to...
• Re: Intermittent no start problem solved
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 19 May 2014 16:21:23 +0200
  ...I have replaced a few vanagon ignition switches over the years but overlooked it this time. > > Alistair
• Re: Fire Prevention Week (Was: Always Look Under A Bus!)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:44:03 -0700
  ...vanagon is a master power switch...Kinda like those marine battery switches you see, but these, too worked with a remote cable pull reachable...
• Re: wasserboxer oil buzzer warning = Fram
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 00:06:24 -0500
  ...I would check both oil pressure switches and possibly the control board,(burried in the speedo head). There is a switch between the push...
• Installing a tach/dig clock into a early or non-GL vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 May 2000 15:17:59 EDT
  ...sender, but i'm not sure how the two compare temperature wise... *** The later Vanagons have high, and low pressure oil switches. i chose...
• Re: Rostra All-Electronic Cruise Control--gROUP pURCHASE
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 06:39:43 -0400
  ...Looks > > clean. > > > > Of course, at the same time, I got the MFA switches from a Jetta GLi and the > > multifunction analyzer (MFA) from the...
• A/C wiring warning
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 7 Jun 2015 02:58:09 -0400
  ...somewhere on a relay board -- left pillar?), always supposing that one or both radiator switches are closed. Yours, David -- David Beierl -- dbeierl@attglobal.net
• Re: Wont start
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Sun, 25 Nov 2012 14:37:09 -0800
  ...I haven't replaced it, yet... >>> I'll research remote starter switches. From its name I can guess it's function but I'm...
• '66 bus progress, engine arrives
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 08:41:47 -0700
  ...Also, I have the stock air-cleaner setup and there is a little counter-weighted flap on the air intake that switches between preheated...
• Re: Auxilary battery
  Historical mailing list - Debra Clark
  Sat, 29 Jun 2002 10:24:29 -0700
  ...The switch switches everything--lights, stereo, > etc > --with no wiring mods other than the switch. The battery switch is "on > before off" so there...
• Re: Right turn into driveway kills engine (1.9L '84 2-WD)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 12 Jul 2011 03:25:47 -0700
  ...wouldn't believe how many waterboxer vanagons I find with throttle > switches not making contact at idle. > just found one today .. > 83 westy- > dead...
• Re: 91 GL won't start
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:42:30 -0500
  ...it up you >> will be able to find and study the switches. They may just need a >> little cleaning or adjusting. >> >> Larry A. >> >> >> On...
• Re: inverter lighter plug cable?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 18:48:28 +0000
  ...New technology basically uses amplifiers, high speed switches, and voltage doublers to set up the voltage and ten make an"alternating" current. For them...
• Re: .................... and vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:57:09 -0700
  ...a problem is because for a split second as the car > switches from regenerative to friction braking, braking power is off. > During that time...
• Test
  Historical mailing list - WILLIAM WITZ
  Sun, 24 Jun 2012 13:04:42 -0700
  ...Keep in mind that there are a number of different versions-temp setting available for these switches. You may have two different ones there...
• Fwd: RE: Dang driver lowbeam and front driver turnsignal
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Sun, 1 Jan 2017 20:41:43 -0800
  ...They are after the switches in the headlight circuit. The turn signal sounds like a bad ground, probably at the socket itself. The 4...
• Re: Right turn into driveway kills engine (1.9L '84 2-WD)
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:28:48 -0400
  ...wouldn't believe how many waterboxer vanagons I find with throttle > switches not making contact at idle. > just found one today .. > 83 westy- > dead...
• Re: headlights (all) - poof! - continued...
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 4 Apr 2011 20:16:20 -0700
  ...off of the fuse block, somewhere between these > relays and the switches and headlights. �Haven't found it yet. > > The ignition switch electronics check...
• Re: [vanagon] Is anyone going to be interested?
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hill
  Tue, 3 Jan 2006 08:24:23 -0600
  ...Have a new one ready to go switches aligned, etc. However, I work alone, and I know how difficult it is to get throttle...
• Re: No High Beams
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:16:16 -0700
  ...For those reasons I still predict that the one 18 gauge wire going from the brake switches to the brake lights will outlast the...
• Re: 86 Westy Electrical Questions/Problems
  Historical mailing list - K & K
  Wed, 4 Sep 1996 20:24:55 -0400
  ...cut out? (This is >somewhat less likely) Did the power that switches the relay cut out? Or did >the relay loose it's ground...
• Re: AC and engine temps
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 24 Jul 1998 18:58:55 -0500
  ...to!) > >So, why worry? VW designed the thermostat, radiator size, fan switches, and >warning systems to preserve the vehicle when it gets hot. As...
• Re: "can't stop" - now I "need name."
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 15:44:46 -0700
  ...Thank God I don't have to fool with the brake switches. Replaced > > the bulbs, went to the shop and got my sticker at...
• Re: Oil pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 28 Aug 2001 10:02:07 -0400
  ...As a precaution the pressure switches have been changed on two occasions.The circuitry has been checked and is said to be OK. I...
• Re: Weird "idle" problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 16 Oct 2014 17:57:46 -0400
  ...As for the throttle switches on the Vanagon they are there for only two reasons. Closed throttle if the engine is being overrun such...
• Re: Rostra All-Electronic Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Ray Reinhard
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 17:54:40 -0700
  ...Looks > > clean. > > > > Of course, at the same time, I got the MFA switches from a Jetta GLi > and the > > multifunction analyzer (MFA) from the...
• Re: [WetWesties] Re: 5400rpm rev limiting rotors for 10 bucks at cip
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 29 Oct 2011 22:10:26 -0700
  ...Kostal only switches for me. Haven't had any issues with the Kolbenschmidt items made elsewhere....yet. Jim Thompson 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria...
• Re: Westfalia courtesy light question.
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 4 Dec 2004 06:43:44 EST
  ...Wire this one in to the drivers door light, both positive and negative feeds, and it will operate with the front door switches that...
• Re: Overcooling Hypothesis--Long
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:12:06 -0800
  ...This is kind of tricky from a driving > standpoint, but it works. > > I'm talking about an '84 1.9 with the twin switches...
• Re: Time Delay LED Lighting Circuit
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 31 Jul 2017 15:24:52 -0700
  ...no doubt >>> containing a timing capacitor) to operate a transistor that switches >>> battery current on and off. >>> >>> Yrs, >>> d >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Mon, Jul 31, 2017...
• Re: Headlight Warning Buzzer??
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 22:57:28 +0200
  ...mean smart, you could check the > schematic for the headlight/ignition switches, and figure out WHICH wire VW > 'disconnects' to turn off the headlights...
• Re: The fridge fired up! YES!!! (and I tell you how... ;-)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sun, 20 May 2001 10:50:30 -0700
  ...Guess what - I did everything strictly by the book - switching > the switches and turning the turn-knob and letting some gas come out of...
• Re: dometic pilot goes out when thermostat turned up
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 26 Jun 2006 13:42:14 -0400
  ...never ever seen any problems ever with the control knobs and > switches on the front of the 182b. Period.None of them. Never a...
• Re: 2.1 Electronic Idle Control valve
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:12:08 -0500
  ...The idle speed controller also does not see the throttle switches. The ICU Is there to stabilize the idle to compensate for load changes...
• Re: Bench Testing an L-jetronic Fuel Injected engine
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:08:35 -0800
  ...small lawn mower fuel tank, the fuel pump, power and ignition switches, double relay and ballast resistors. There's also a bracket to support...
• Re: Final Oil pressure result-expected coolant losses.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 8 Dec 2014 06:13:53 -0500
  ...I tried 2 different OP blue pressure switches with the > same results happening. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Dennis Jowell >>>>>>>> Scotch Hollow Farm >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Nov 23, 2014, at 12...
• Re: Wont start
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 25 Nov 2012 16:46:17 -0600
  ...I haven't replaced it, yet... >> I'll research remote starter switches. From its name I can guess it's function but I'm...
• WAS Anyone have a South African ETKA? now Photos??
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:15:29 -0500
  ...totally different apart from instrument binnacle >-HVAC controls are 3 rotary switches; not good, but better than German >-folding third-place seat on middle...
• Re: State of the List... State your ages!!!!!!! :<)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 9 May 2004 21:51:27 +1200
  ...And VW, like most European makers, can't be bothered to make RHD column-switches for RHD cars, which is downright dangerous. I too...
• Re: Front Heater Fan Removal & Replacing HOW TO! - LONG
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Mon, 12 May 2003 19:55:38 -0700
  ...Next pull out the switches by pressing the tabs to release them from the cluster. The cluster should lift out and remove the big...
• Re: Intermittent no start problem solved
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 18 May 2014 11:56:16 -0700
  ...I have replaced a few vanagon ignition switches over the years but overlooked it this time. Alistair
• Re: AC causes engine reduction in performance and stalling
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 17 May 2012 18:11:44 -0400
  ...The AC will ONLY turn on (AC compressor clutch kicks in, fan blows cold air) when the two AC switches (fan speed and thermostat...
• Re: Hello - Idiot oil light keeps coming on!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 6 Nov 2010 14:38:38 -0700
  ...if it's a 2.1 there are two OP switches.....a more sophisticated OP switch system , that's rpm sensitive. I generally always...
• Re: heater switch failure prone?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 28 Dec 2004 19:16:57 -0600
  ...Strange people like myself have been > known to repair such switches, but it hardly makes sense. > > The way to prevent both the melted-switch...
• Re: Fwd: Installing Volvo Front Seats
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:11:51 -0800
  ...Got all the switches and > wiring harness for it right out of the donor Audi car. > They're 'kinda cool' .... > but I don't...
• Re: Oil Pressure Switch ....gone
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:45:53 -0700
  ...there ARE two oil pressure switches on the 2.1 .. but the one below the Dist is way down there next to the crank...
• Fresh water tank level meter
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:20:53 -0700
  ...a mechanical type which uses a float, reed switches, and magnets; or it could be a straight electrical type which uses electrodes and the...